Stevens v. Dzurenda et al

Filing 17

ORDER that 12 Motion to supplement is denied. FURTHER ORDERED that, if Plaintiff chooses to file an amended complaint, Plaintiff shall file the amended complaint within thirty (30) days from the date of entry of this order. FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send to Plaintiff the approved form for filing a § 1983 complaint, instructions for the same, a copy of his original complaint (ECF No. 1-2), and a copy of his supplements (ECF No. 7, 12-1). FURTHER ORDERED that, if Plaintiff chooses not to file an amended complaint within thirty (30) days from the date of this order, the Court will screen Plaintiff's original complaint (ECF No. 1-2). FURTHER ORDERED that the motions/notices/declarations to join this case (ECF No. 8 , 9 , 10 , 15 ) are denied. The Clerk of the Court shall strike the motions/notices/declarations from the docket and the movants from the caption. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 6/15/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF NEVADA ex rel NEVADA ) DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ___________________________________ ) 13 I. 7 8 9 10 11 THEODORE STEVENS, 2:16-cv-02166-RFB-CWH ORDER DISCUSSION 14 Plaintiff, who is a prisoner in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections 15 (“NDOC”), has filed a complaint in state court, which Defendants have removed. The Court 16 has not yet screened Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 1-2). Plaintiff has moved to supplement 17 his complaint and has filed two supplements to his complaint. (ECF No. 7, 12, 12-1). In both 18 supplements, Plaintiff seeks to add additional claims to his original complaint. The Court 19 denies the motion to supplement (ECF No. 12) and directs Plaintiff to file a fully complete first 20 amended complaint instead. The Court will not piece-meal Plaintiff’s claims together from 21 multiple documents. Instead, Plaintiff needs to file a fully complete amended complaint. 22 If Plaintiff chooses to file an amended complaint he is advised that an amended 23 complaint supersedes (replaces) the original complaint and, thus, the amended complaint 24 must be complete in itself. See Hal Roach Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co., Inc., 896 25 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1989) (holding that “[t]he fact that a party was named in the original 26 complaint is irrelevant; an amended pleading supersedes the original”); see also Lacey v. 27 Maricopa Cnty., 693 F.3d 896, 928 (9th Cir. 2012) (holding that for claims dismissed with 28 prejudice, a plaintiff is not required to reallege such claims in a subsequent amended 1 complaint to preserve them for appeal). Plaintiff’s amended complaint must contain all claims, 2 defendants, and factual allegations that Plaintiff wishes to pursue in this lawsuit. Moreover, 3 Plaintiff must file the amended complaint on this Court’s approved prisoner civil rights form and 4 it must be entitled “First Amended Complaint.” 5 The Court also denies inmates Justin Lafferty, Russell E. Haley, Charles Wirth, and 6 Bryan P. Bonham’s motions/notices/declarations attempting to join in Plaintiff’s case. (ECF 7 No. 8, 9, 10, 15). Each inmate must file his own case including a complaint and an application 8 to proceed in forma pauperis (or pay the full $400 filing fee) with the Court. After initiating their 9 own individual cases, the inmate-plaintiffs may move to join their cases by filing a motion to 10 do so in their individual cases. 11 requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 12 II. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to supplement (ECF No. 13 14 Each inmate’s complaint is subject to the screening 12) is denied. 15 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if Plaintiff chooses to file an amended complaint, 16 Plaintiff shall file the amended complaint within thirty (30) days from the date of entry of this 17 order. 18 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send to Plaintiff the 19 approved form for filing a § 1983 complaint, instructions for the same, a copy of his original 20 complaint (ECF No. 1-2), and a copy of his supplements (ECF No. 7, 12-1). If Plaintiff 21 chooses to file an amended complaint, he must use the approved form and he shall write the 22 words “First Amended” above the words “Civil Rights Complaint” in the caption. 23 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if Plaintiff chooses not to file an amended complaint 24 within thirty (30) days from the date of this order, the Court will screen Plaintiff’s original 25 complaint (ECF No. 1-2). 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 2 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motions/notices/declarations to join this case (ECF 1 2 No. 8, 9, 10, 15) are denied. The Clerk of the Court shall 3 strike motions/notices/declarations from the docket and the movants from the caption. 4 5 DATED: June 15, 2017 6 7 _________________________________ United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 the

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